The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work

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New fight over fetal tissue grafts.

John Abelson Frederick W. Alt Don L. Anderson Michael Ashburner Stephen J. Benkovic David E. Bloom Floyd E. Bloom Piet Borst Michael S. Brown Henry R. Bourne James J. Bull Kathryn Calame C. Thomas Caskey Dennis W. Choi John M. Coffin Paul J. Crutzen Robert Desimone Nicole Le Douarin Bruce F. Eldridge Paul T. Englund Richard G. Fairbanks Douglas T. Fearon Harry A. Fozzard K. Friedrich Theodore H...

Doctors v. government: the first major fight over pay.

Doctors refuse to compromise, says one side. The government cares more about its budget than patients, says the other side. Doctors have rejected a “very fair offer,” says a provincial health minister. Patients can’t wait for the government to balance its books, says a medical association. You know, this all sounds mighty familiar. Much of the rhetoric thrown around today in scuffles between go...

Tumour immunology: T cells work together to fight cancer

A central question in tumour immunology is whether a tumour-specific immune response is capable of controlling tumour progression in cancer patients. Although several animal models have established the role of tumour-specific CD4+ helper and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells in antitumour immunity, a definitive role for these cells in tumour-specific immunity in patients with cancer has yet to be shown. I...

heterogeneity within the orientalist discourse: representation of the orient in womens travelogues and mens paintings

from 1950s onward, new theories and critical approaches burgeoned across humanities. these theories were context-oriented; as a result, the analysis of discursive practices gained significance. thus, social, political, historical and cultural discourses that have been hitherto marginalized and considered inferior to literary texts, were introduced as important texts to be analyzed by critics. o...